DOCUMENTATION OF LCWE DATA IN GABI 4 - GaBi Software
DOCUMENTATION OF LCWE DATA IN GABI 4 - GaBi Software
DOCUMENTATION OF LCWE DATA IN GABI 4 - GaBi Software
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6<br />
The meethod<br />
develooped<br />
and th he respectivve<br />
backgrou und database<br />
is a firstt,<br />
promising attempt<br />
to addreess<br />
the social<br />
pillar of sustainabilit<br />
s ty in the sco ope of the well w establisshed<br />
metho od of Life<br />
Cycle AAssessmennt<br />
and Life e Cycle Enngineering.<br />
Social eff fects that would hav ve been<br />
neglecteed<br />
by an LLCA<br />
can be e included aand<br />
show remarkable<br />
results. Prooblem<br />
shifting<br />
from<br />
the environmental<br />
realm to the e social fieldd<br />
can be av voided.<br />
The exaample<br />
showws,<br />
that the results of thhe<br />
<strong>LCWE</strong> method m can be used simmilarly<br />
to the e results<br />
of an LLCA:<br />
Informmation<br />
is pr resented onn<br />
a unit pro ocess level<br />
and also project or process<br />
specific informatioon<br />
can be inserted. IInformation<br />
about soc cial issues is summa able and<br />
scalablee<br />
as the LCCA<br />
user is fa amiliar with from the environment<br />
e tal LCA. In the compre ehensive<br />
backgroound<br />
databaase,<br />
informa ation for alll<br />
unit processes<br />
regard ding the quaalified<br />
work king time<br />
and lethhal<br />
and noon-lethal<br />
ac ccidents is available. Additionally y, informatiion<br />
concern ning the<br />
following<br />
indicatorss<br />
can be ins serted in thee<br />
<strong>GaBi</strong> softw ware in the <strong>LCWE</strong> tab by the user r:<br />
AActual<br />
wommen<br />
employment<br />
CChild<br />
labour<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Discussioon<br />
and out tlook<br />
Holistic and forwaard-looking<br />
decisions must be based b on a broad baasis<br />
of all relevant<br />
information.<br />
The soocial<br />
dimens sion of humman<br />
actions clearly mus st be considdered.<br />
Discrimination<br />
in job ac ccess<br />
Forced laboour<br />
Hazardous child labour<br />
No collectivve<br />
bargainin ng<br />
No right to oorganise<br />
Unequal remuneration<br />
All inforrmation<br />
has to be in relation<br />
to working<br />
time in<br />
seconds.<br />
Howeveer,<br />
it has to be stated that due too<br />
the above mentioned restrictionss<br />
for indicators,<br />
not<br />
all relevvant<br />
social information can be acccounted<br />
for r by this me ethod, so faar.<br />
Additional<br />
social<br />
effects hhave<br />
to be considered in future deevelopment<br />
t of the meth hodology.<br />
As all <strong>LCWE</strong><br />
data currently pr resent in thee<br />
<strong>GaBi</strong> data abase is de erived from US statistic cs, it can<br />
be regaarded<br />
valid for all coun ntries holdinng<br />
similar economic e and a socio-ecconomic<br />
co onditions<br />
than thee<br />
US.<br />
Using thhe<br />
<strong>LCWE</strong> ddata<br />
for decision<br />
makinng,<br />
it has to be conside ered that ass<br />
the data is s derived<br />
from staatistics,<br />
it dooes<br />
not rep present exacct<br />
site spec cific situations<br />
and shoould<br />
only be e used to<br />
comparre<br />
for exammple<br />
genera al product options. For<br />
the com mparison off<br />
social aspects<br />
of<br />
different<br />
suppliers, company-s specific dataa<br />
has to be used.<br />
To conclude<br />
with, , the social<br />
database can be used<br />
as a hotspot daatabase<br />
in order to<br />
examinee<br />
the main contributor rs to social profiles along<br />
the pro ocess chainns<br />
of produ ucts. For<br />
these mmain<br />
contributors,<br />
site specific s soccial<br />
data can n be gathere ed in a secoond<br />
step in order to<br />
get a more<br />
precisee<br />
picture of the t social immplications<br />
of a produc ct.<br />
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